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    This document proposes an alternative character creation method for the Risus RPG system called Maximum RISUS Fun (MGF). [1] MGF uses a questionnaire to help players quickly generate a character background in a fun and engaging way. [2] The questionnaire prompts players to describe their character based on categories like where they're from, what they're good at, what they want, etc. [3] An example Viking character is provided to illustrate how the MGF method works.

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    This document proposes an alternative character creation method for the Risus RPG system called Maximum RISUS Fun (MGF). [1] MGF uses a questionnaire to help players quickly generate a character background in a fun and engaging way. [2] The questionnaire prompts players to describe their character based on categories like where they're from, what they're good at, what they want, etc. [3] An example Viking character is provided to illustrate how the MGF method works.

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    This document proposes an alternative character creation method for the Risus RPG system called Maximum RISUS Fun (MGF). [1] MGF uses a questionnaire to help players quickly generate a character background in a fun and engaging way. [2] The questionnaire prompts players to describe their character based on categories like where they're from, what they're good at, what they want, etc. [3] An example Viking character is provided to illustrate how the MGF method works.

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    This document proposes an alternative character creation method for the Risus RPG system called Maximum RISUS Fun (MGF). [1] MGF uses a questionnaire to help players quickly generate a character background in a fun and engaging way. [2] The questionnaire prompts players to describe their character based on categories like where they're from, what they're good at, what they want, etc. [3] An example Viking character is provided to illustrate how the MGF method works.

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    MAXIMUM RISUS FUN

    Guy Hoyle © 2011


    The MGF Rules System © 1997 Michael O’ Brien
    Risus: The Anything RPG © 1993-2011

    In Risus, players get an extra D6 for providing a Tale or backstory for their
    character. Often, however, games seem to start out by writing up characters as we
    are beginning the adventure; many of the players thus don't have a clear idea about
    their characters' background when we begin gaming, so they don't get that extra die
    when the scenario begins. After all, asking somebody to write up a few paragraphs of
    prose at a moment's notice is really a lot like schoolwork, and nobody likes a pop essay.
    What to do?
    I could pass out a boring questionnaire about the character's background, with
    spaces fo the character's family tree, what are his likes and dislikes, his relationship
    with his parents, etc., etc., ad nauseam, but that's pretty boring. Many years ago, a
    few regulars on the Glorantha Digest came up with the principle of Maximum Game
    Fun: "in a nutshell, when writing, thinking, and gaming about Glorantha, you ask
    yourself, 'now, in this situation what will be the most fun?"... and then you go with it!'
    This eventually evolved into the even-lighter-than-Risus MGF Rules System , which is
    not actually what my post is about. I think that many of the principles of MGF can be
    applied to Risus as an aid in creating great background stories.
    The part that interests me about the MGF system is the character generation
    system, where you basically just describe your character according to the followung
    criteria. Often the hardest part of character design is actually figuring out what
    character you want to play. This process can help your player decide what he wants to
    play, and it's fun all by itself. If you haven’t already come up with some of this
    character’s cliches, this process should knock a few possibilities loose,

    Included as an example is a familiar Viking youth:

    Who Are You?


    Grolfnar Vainsson, high-famed sea-reaver, skald, and ravager of women!

    Where Are You From?


    Njordling Fjord, where the beer is the best, and the women are better than the beer!

    Why are you here?


    Looking for more beer and more women, aye! And to make the songs they'll sing of me
    to the sons of the sons of my sons!
    List three things your character does better than the average Viking

    • Drink!
    • Wench!
    • Sing !

    List three things your character does worse than the average Viking

    • Gets seasick
    • Loses sword with alarming frequency
    • Looking for a meaningless relationship

    List three things everyone knows about you

    • Spends most of his time composing bad poetry


    • The wenches laugh at him
    • Can't hold his mead

    List three things no one knows about you

    • Secretly the King of Njordling Fjord's daughter, avenging her father’s death
    • Disguised as a boy to learn Viking skills necessary to avenge her father
    • Pretends she's incompetent to allay suspicion about her true identity

    List three things you believe are true

    • This fake beard looks good on me


    • I am fated to win back my father's throne
    • Freyja herself is my patron

    List three things you want but don’t have

    • Vengeance for my father’s death


    • Private toilet facilities
    • That hot Captain Valgrim!

    List three things you have but don’t want

    • A bad case of fake beard-itch


    • Dad keeps dropping by to ask how the vengeance-thing is going
    • Too many wenches trying to seduce me
    Don’t feel discouraged if you can’t think of three examples for each category; this is
    supposed to be fun, and maybe something else will turn up later. Likewise, if yu can
    think of more than three, the more the merrier! After you have finished working on
    your character’s background, you should then have some good ideas about what his
    cliches should be.

    On the next page is a blank form for copying, filling out, and using how you will.
    I have made it generic, so it can be used for individuals; that is, you would find three
    things you do better or worse than others like you (e.g. other thieves, other magicians,
    other gladiators); but you can use it for parties which share an occupation (all Vikings,
    all bureaucrats, all Clerics of Thoth, etc.) Customize it in any way that works for your
    campaign.

    If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, I hang ut on the Risustalk


    yahoo group. Let me know how this works for you!

    Guy Hoyle
    Maximum RISUS Fun
    Who are you?

    Where are you from?

    Why are you here?

    List three things your character does better than an average ____________________

    List three things your character does worse than an average _____________________

    List three things that everyone knows about you

    List three things that nobody knows about you

    List three things you believe are true

    List three things you want but don’t have

    List three things you have but don’t want

    Guy Hoyle © 2011

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